거세다

to be rough, violent

TOPIK 5 5급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거센
아/어Infinitive
거세
-으니Since
거세니
합니다Formal
거셉니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거세요거셉니다거세거세다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거셌어요거셌습니다거셌어거셌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거세겠어요거세겠습니다거세겠어거세겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거셀 거예요거셀 것입니다거셀 거야거셀 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거세요?거셉니까?거세?거세니?
과거Past 거셌어요?거셌습니까?거셌어?거셌니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거세요안 거셉니다안 거세안 거세다
-지 않다Not (long) 거세지 않아요거세지 않습니다거세지 않아거세지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거세세요거세십니다거세셔거세시다
과거Past 거세셨어요거세셨습니다거세셨어거세셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거센
과거Past
거센
미래Future
거셀
회상Used to
거세던

Joining clauses

-고and
거세고
-게-ly / so that
거세게
-어서so / and then
거세서
-으니까since
거세니까
-으면if / when
거세면
-지만but
거세지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
거센데
-어도even if
거세도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

바람이 거세졌다.

The wind picked up.

이 분들은 여기서 거센 토론을 펼치시진 않을 겁니다.

They're not going to come at this hammer and tong against each other.

파도가 굉장히 거세었어요.

The surge was terrible.

할아버지는 아직 제게 말도 안 거세요

Grandpa still hasn't spoken to me.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 거세다 in Korean?

거세다 (to be rough, violent) is 거세요 in the polite 해요체, 거셉니다 in formal 합니다체, 거세 in casual 반말 and 거세다 in the plain written style. The past is 거셌어요.

What is the past tense of 거세다?

거셌어요 in everyday polite speech, 거셌습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 거세 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 거세다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 거셉니다, 거세, 거세니 all keep 거세 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 거세다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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